Gen LaGreca
Novelist Genevieve (Gen) LaGreca holds a BS in chemistry from Polytechnic Institute of New York and an MA in philosophy from Columbia University. Her first novel, "Noble Vision," is a story about liberty that received various honors, including a ForeWord magazine Book-of-the-Year Award.
"Noble Vision" garnered praise from magazine magnate Steve Forbes, Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, syndicated columnist Walter Williams, and other notable persons. The author's soon-to-be-published second novel, "The Mysterious Cargo," was a semi-finalist in the Pirate's Alley William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition.
Gen's commentaries have appeared in the Orange County Register, Rocky Mountain News, Front Page Magazine, Daily Caller, Free Market News Network, Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, Fauquier Times-Democrat, Daily Sundial, Real Clear Politics, Real Clear Markets, Lexington Herald-Leader, and other publications. She has been a lively radio guest on popular shows in Providence, Boston, Colorado Springs, Tampa, Hartford, Gainesville, Austin, and other cities across the country.
Earlier in her career, Gen worked as a pharmaceutical chemist, business consultant, and healthcare writer, with dozens of her articles published in business magazines. The author lives in Chicago, where she is writing more social commentary and fiction. To learn more about Gen and her writings, visit www.wingedvictorypress.com.
Permission is given to post or publish Gen's articles with attribution to the author as follows: Copyright Đ 2011 by Genevieve LaGreca. Gen LaGreca is the author of Noble Vision, a ForeWord magazine Book-of-the-Year award-winning novel about liberty.
Articles by Gen LaGreca
September 15, 2011
The Father of the Constitution said that property rights are just as important as our other constitutional rights.
April 13, 2011
"Atlas Shrugged Part I," opening April 15, is a movie unlike any other. Based on Ayn Randīs novel, it dramatizes the fundamental conflict gripping our world: the battle between those who create values and wealth through their own resourceful effort---the producers---and those who seek them through force---the looters and moochers. Since this conflict inescapably affects everyone, itīs crucial to know what side youīre on.
January 18, 2011
Benjamin Franklin defined the American Dream, the uniquely American way of life—free, self-reliant, creative, and productive. He was the archetypical self-made man, in the first country where the self-made man could thrive—America.
September 15, 2010
On September 11th, Americans remember the morning in 2001 when the World Trade Center turned to rubble. It is a fitting time to consider the nature of the civilizations that collided that day---and how to defend ours. For we must assert the moral superiority of our civilization, or lose it to our enemies.
August 17, 2010
Linda McMahon and the WWE are more in synch with the spirit of America than is our government.
July 20, 2010
After dredging up a dozen objectionable posters from the millions of people attending Tea Party rallies across the country, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People---on the basis of these few placards---is asking its members to sign a pledge to "repudiate racism within the tea party." . . . Instead of hurling baseless smears and stirring racial animus, the NAACP needs to carefully examine the ideas driving the Tea Party and hold its own opposition up to scrutiny.
April 13, 2010
Mr. Obama believes that business profit is wasteful, leading to higher prices and poorer value for consumers. But a look at the career of one of the greatest profit-makers in history, Henry Ford, disproves Mr. Obamaīs claims, illustrating how an attack on profit is an attack on human creativity and innovation.
April 13, 2010
April 13 is the birthday of one of America's greatest Founders and champions of liberty, Thomas Jefferson. In this article, we review Jefferson's ideals of individual rights and the nature of government, and we offer a sober look at how far we´ve strayed today from our nation´s founding principles.
February 18, 2010
Interest in Ayn Rand has skyrocket, yet free market defenders continue to repudiate her and her ideas. The reason is that many free market advocates want to defend capitalism on the grounds that it helps the poor and needy, whereas Rand defended capitalism on the basis of the right of the individual to pursue his or her own self-interest. What many of Randīs detractors donīt seem to realize is that her defense of the individual completes the Foundersī vision of America, forms the basis of her appeal to millions, and is the only way to save the free market.
October 04, 2009
My dog loves to give me not merely a day or a year of his service, but an entire lifetime. He has no goals or ambitions for his own life, so he doesn´t mind doing my bidding.
My dog is thrilled when I put on his leash and lead him around. He has no means of planning his own activities, so h...
July 06, 2009
Genevieve (Gen) LaGreca is the author of Noble Vision, a ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year award-winning novel about liberty.
February 10, 2009
America today is a nation in trouble. The great fortress of liberty, the country of the most productive, prosperous, and happy people in the world, is now in grave danger. America is under siege by the Dark Side, the forces of statism, while its Knights of Liberty are disarmed, demoralized, and suff...
February 10, 2009
Copyright Đ 2008 by Genevieve LaGreca. Gen LaGreca is the author of Noble Vision, a ForeWord magazine Book-of-the-Year award-winning novel about liberty. Permission is given to post or publish this article with attribution to the author as indicated in the two sentences above.
October 23, 2007
October 22 marks the birthday of an American icon: Daniel Boone. Born in 1734, this adventurer, hunter, and Kentucky settler blazed a trail through the Appalachian Mountains to open America's Western frontier. With a steely courage rivaling any Hollywood hero, Boone hacked a path across the mountain...
October 04, 2007
As candidates seeking office in 2008 woo us for our votes, it is crucially important to express to them our indignation over how far our country has swayed from the ideals of liberty expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. The following is a new version of the Declaration, ...
October 04, 2007
Michael Moore says he made the film, "Sicko," to "ignite a fire for free, universal healthcare." How absurd is it for someone seeking proper healthcare to take an odyssey to Communist Cuba? That Moore's camera-rolling entourage would receive the same healthcare as a Cuban citizen stretches even a ch...
April 16, 2007
On April 13th, how many Americans remembered the birthday of the farmer, architect, scholar, revolutionary, and American president born that spring day in 1743: Thomas Jefferson? One of our greatest Founding Fathers, Jefferson lovingly carved much of the government and character of his precious gem,...